linking with custom text

README.md

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ binary at target/release/itemse2.
 - Items and locations can be temporarily taken out of storage, which puts
   them in "limbo"
 - Linking to other things in descriptions: `[%type%:%id%]`, e.g.
-  `[location:019830dd-3b1b-7543-8fb9-8ccfdb1c6456]`
+  `[location:019830dd-3b1b-7543-8fb9-8ccfdb1c6456]` (append an additional
+  `:` followed by any text to customize the displayed link text)
 
 ## Usage
 

src/web.rs

@@ -1093,9 +1093,15 @@ fn description(inp: &str) -> String {
     static RE_LINK: LazyLock<Regex> = LazyLock::new(|| {
         Regex::new(r"\[(item|location|itemtype|note):([0-9a-fA-F\-]+)\]").unwrap()
     });
+    static RE_LINK_CUSTOM: LazyLock<Regex> = LazyLock::new(|| {
+        Regex::new(r"\[(item|location|itemtype|note):([0-9a-fA-F\-]+):([^]]+)\]").unwrap()
+    });
     RE_LINK
         .replace_all(
-            &inp.replace("<", "&lt;").replace(">", "&gt;"),
+            &RE_LINK_CUSTOM.replace_all(
+                &inp.replace("<", "&lt;").replace(">", "&gt;"),
+                "<a href=/$1/$2>[$3]</a>",
+            ),
             "<a href=/$1/$2>[$1]</a>",
         )
         .to_string()